A Red Cross official in Aleppo said more than 10 people were killed in the bombing, Sky News reported.
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This image provided by the Syrian anti-government group Aleppo 24 news, shows damaged trucks carrying aid, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016.
The war has killed at least 280,000 people and caused millions to flee, provoking the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II and helping to create a haven for Islamic State to conduct a global terror campaign.
The United Nations confirmed the convoy was hit but gave no details on who carried out the attack or how many died as world leaders converged on NY for their annual U.N. gathering under the shadow of fresh violence in the Syrian civil war.
Syria’s military earlier announced the end of a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia, accusing rebels of more than 300 violations and failing to “commit to a single element” of the US-Russia deal.
The Syrian Army today announced that it is ending the Syrian ceasefire, seven days after it began, citing repeated attacks by US-backed rebels over the past several days, and amid rising tensions over a U.S. attack on an army base over the weekend that killed at least 83 troops.
The convoy brought in food, water and hygiene supplies for up to 84,000 people – but aid has struggled to reach Aleppo.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says around 20 civilians were killed in the airstrikes that hit an aid convoy in northern Syria the previous night.
Among the victims was Omar Barakat who headed the Red Crescent in Uram al-Kubra, the town where the attack occurred, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, and Aleppo-based activist Bahaa al-Halaby said.
The coordinator of Syria’s main opposition group said on Monday that a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russian Federation never took hold and called on the world to put an end to the “criminality” of the Syrian government.
Human activists and Syrian organizations criticized the United Nations decision of suspending aid convoys, saying that this decision will only affect Syrians in many provinces who are in desperate need for supplies.
Kerry had earlier indicated that he wants to press on with the Russian-US process, but fellow US officials sounded more downbeat after the strike on the convoy. “We have not had seven days of calm and of delivery of humanitarian goods”, Kerry said.
United Nations officials said the United Nations and Red Crescent convoy was delivering assistance for 78,000 people in the town of Uram al-Kubra, west of the northern city of Aleppo.
The figure does not include dozens of Syrian soldiers and ISIS militants killed in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, the Observatory said Monday.
The attack late on Monday came just hours after the Syrian military declared the week-long U.S.
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This was also due to Syrian and Russian air forces resuming their activities amidst U.S.
